Saturday, March 12th, 2011 •
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Let me present two lists of programming languages. List One List Two COBOL (1959) BASIC (1964) Fortran (1957) C (1973) FoxPro (?) C# (2001) Lua (1993) Java (1995) MATLAB (late 1970s) PHP (1995) PL/I (1964) Python (1991) RPG (1959) Ruby (1995) Smalltalk (1972) Complete list on Wikipedia Unfortunately SEO dictates that the title of this [...]
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 •
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Here is a heartwarming story about a Swedish professor who had his hope for humanity restored when a thief sent him a USB stick containing the contents of his laptop hard drive which had been stolen a week before. The professor had everything on that laptop, saying: “It is my life. I have documented everything [...]
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009 •
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What does the Cash for Clunkers achieve? By now most people have seen the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) bill (referred to as ‘Cash For Clunker’s). The stated goals are: Get gas guzzlers off the road to help sustain the environment Stimulate the economy by increasing car sales Unfortunately, the fine print on the article [...]
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